Bride cancels wedding after guests donate $43K for big day before asking for more money, leaving family furious

One bride's decision to cancel her wedding has caused colossal family dramas but not for the reasons you might imagine.

It wasn't the change to the date of the wedding so much as the couple's decision to splash out on a lavish honeymoon instead, after guests had donate $43,500 (US $30K) to help them put on the big day.

But that wasn't the part that angered family and friends most. No. It was the fact that the bride then had the audacity to ask everyone to stump up more money for the future wedding because
"weddings are expensive!"

A bride named Pam has outraged family and friends after guests donated $43,000 for the big day, which the couple decided to cancel less than a month out and splash out on a pre-wedding honeymoon instead (Getty)

A woman by the name of Pam announced to family and friends via Facebook that she and her fiance Edward were looking to reschedule their wedding at a later date, at which point everyone could top up their wedding fund.

"We thank each of you for your generous early donations to our money fund," Pam began, in a post that was subsequently screenshot and uploaded to Reddit.

"Can you believe we have raised over $30,000??? Unbelievable!!

"Don't worry, the money you've donated will not be spent in vain but rather used towards a honeymoon in the coming months.

"After we regain financial stability and hold clam in our hearts after a honeymoon we will announce a new wedding date and reopen our money fund for any further gifts.

In a lengthy post Pam and Edward explained their decision before asking guests to stump up more money at a later date (Reddit)

After thanking their generous guests for helping "offset honeymoon costs", they added insult to injury by asking people to buy them gifts to "to take on honeymoon".

People on Facebook had a lot to say about this - as did the users on Reddit, with the post quickly amassing over 18,000 comments.

And people couldn't get enough as the family drama unfolded, with the original poster happily obliging and uploading more screen shots as the soap opera played out.

A friend of the groom asked in shock: "Is this a f------ joke? After raking in $30K you decide to be greedy and use it all for yourselves?"

While other friends couldn't believe it after having taken time off for the fast approaching big day.

As the drama escalated on Facebook, the original poster on Reddit happily obliged in keeping users in the loop by uploading more screen shots (Reddit)

"I've already gotten the time off work for Dec 1 which is less than a month away," one of the bride's friends wrote.

A friend of the groom similarly noted: "I took off a week of work, donated $100, and now you're telling me you're going to use THIRTY THOUSAND F------ DOLLARS FOR A HONEYMOON ....BEFORE A WEDDING?

"You got your lump sum AND YOU SAY HASTA LA VISTA to your family and friends?" he said, adding his shock at their "audacity to request MORE GIFTS".

But the bride was having none of it, telling everyone the money was hers to spend how she likes.

"Actually as long as your gift left your bank account and into mine with your own consent how is it any of your business how i actually spend that money... I really don't even need to tell u what I'm using it for".

A man dubbed "Rich Uncle" by the original poster had shelled out $17,400 but demanded back the hefty sum within the week (Reddit)Many guests were demanding money be returned to them (Reddit)

A man dubbed "Rich Uncle" by the original poster had shelled out $17,400 (US $12K) but demanded back the hefty sum within the week.

The Bride refused to answer any calls or texts from outraged and concerned members of family, instead taking to Facebook to share a number of further posts asking everyone to stop attacking her.

"All, please calm down. You're making me feel very attacked and hanged up on [sic].

"You chose to DONATE to ME.
If I want to use the money who cares how?

"I told you the wedding is getting rescheduled not cancelled."

The bride then claimed the backlash had left her feeling "lightheaded and distraught" leading her to the doctor and a $2,900 (US $2K) medical bill, which she will pay from the wedding fund.

The Bride refused to answer any calls or texts from outraged and concerned members of family, instead taking to Facebook to share a number of further posts (Reddit)

Pam then asked everyone to donate more to help her rebuild her "emotional zen", saying: "Please consider donating any spa or personal care items to my home address if you even care about me at all... we would like more affluent members of the family to consider donations as a courtesy".